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tell me about young newt gingrich. or youngest newt gingrich. when he started in congress, what he was look and where he was coming from? >> yes, first, welcome to everyone and thanks for joining us. it's nice to see people from all over, but gingrich was quite a character. he had been an army brad. you know, kind of grew up living in different parts of europe. his family was originally from outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania. working class area that was republican and he ended up in georgia. he went to emery. he married his high school math teacher and he then went to tulane where he got a ph.d. in history and study colonialism, colonial policy and then he moved to his first job because as we did. west georgia college. he never really liked academia. within a year he wants to be the president of the college and the head of the department and he runs for congress and he's one of the first republicans in the area you've studied, in a democratic area and he's part of that co-who are the of residentials who want to make the south red instead of bl
tell me about young newt gingrich. or youngest newt gingrich. when he started in congress, what he was look and where he was coming from? >> yes, first, welcome to everyone and thanks for joining us. it's nice to see people from all over, but gingrich was quite a character. he had been an army brad. you know, kind of grew up living in different parts of europe. his family was originally from outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania. working class area that was republican and he ended up in...
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to sell gingrich in the same theme and message as trump but gingrich was harder to contain in-state discipline then trump turned out to be, finally. >> donald trump amazing. >> right and as you said, he's been a president, he is on fox television all the time speaking in favor of the president and trying to articulate why this presidency is important, he wrote five books about trump and about understanding trump, about why trump america is great for the nation and now a book why his reelection is so important to our future and he was just praising the monument on fox and it's really a milestone speech in the country's history and the two are very, very close and i'm not surprised i'm going to explain why this connection was so tight. >> was go to the questions, we have rushed to the currently q&a. >> for someone to come is it safe to say roger ailes from gingrich's wedge issue and defining fox news will recognize today or does not give gingrich too much credit. >> it doesn't, that could be an argument, roger nielsen republican consultant in the 1980s before he does fox, he is watchi
to sell gingrich in the same theme and message as trump but gingrich was harder to contain in-state discipline then trump turned out to be, finally. >> donald trump amazing. >> right and as you said, he's been a president, he is on fox television all the time speaking in favor of the president and trying to articulate why this presidency is important, he wrote five books about trump and about understanding trump, about why trump america is great for the nation and now a book why his...
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how did gingrich's own characters serve here? so he had a lot of issues and they were public they were written about in the media. there are two streams of problems and by the timing is after jim right, are known problems are one his relationships. he had for example a pretty difficult divorce with his high school math teacher there is a story about an mother joan the 1984 which was trying to capture what gingrich was like personally in one of the stories that really caught people's i was while his wife was in the hospital for cancer surgery he came to discuss divorce with her. and in the article it left out the papers which was not exactly true. he also was known to be someone with a roving eye and who had an affair. this was known in washington and it mattered as part of the new conservative movement with a majority as a state he also had ethics problems. half the time he's going after speaker right for the charge of unethically selling his books to make money. he himself was being charged with having a raise money from interes
how did gingrich's own characters serve here? so he had a lot of issues and they were public they were written about in the media. there are two streams of problems and by the timing is after jim right, are known problems are one his relationships. he had for example a pretty difficult divorce with his high school math teacher there is a story about an mother joan the 1984 which was trying to capture what gingrich was like personally in one of the stories that really caught people's i was while...
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said that republicans including gingrich. sean from twitter saying republicans find their spine thanks to newt. this is a way to reach out to us on twitter at cspanwj and republican (202)748-8001 and (202)748-8002 and texas (202)748-8000 for the line. >> good morning, pedro. the comments is that republicans have been apathetic for years and years and years going back to late 60s probably allowing social changes to take place and they've sat on their dairy airs and showing up on election day is silly. carl seemed to think that's the game plan going forward and they don't play the game properly. the plan is definitely not the liberal idea they have. >> what is causing the apathy that you speak about? >> i think comfortable living back in the '60s or '70s. we would not even be naive enough to trust government to take care of issues and not be in our pocket so much as they are today and i give democrats credit for taking over institutions, educational institutions, teacher's unions, long terms. >> okay. calling from his car if i'
said that republicans including gingrich. sean from twitter saying republicans find their spine thanks to newt. this is a way to reach out to us on twitter at cspanwj and republican (202)748-8001 and (202)748-8002 and texas (202)748-8000 for the line. >> good morning, pedro. the comments is that republicans have been apathetic for years and years and years going back to late 60s probably allowing social changes to take place and they've sat on their dairy airs and showing up on election...
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gingrich was quite a character. he had been an army brat, kind of grew up living in different parts of europe. family was originally from right outside harrisburg, pennsylvania, a working class area that was republican. and he ended up in georgia. he went to emory, he married a high school math teacher x -- and he then went to tulane where he got a ph.d. in history and studied colonialism, colonial policy. and then he moved to his first job, just as we did, to west georgia college, and he never really liked academia. within a year he wants to be the president of the college and the head of the department, and he runs for congress. he's one of the first republicans in the area you've studied, in a democratic area, and he's part of that cohort of republicans who want to make the south red instead of blue. to use our modern color scheme. he's elected in 1978. it's husband third try, and -- his third try, and he conducts a pretty vicious campaign that gives a taste of what he's going to do. his opponent, someone named v
gingrich was quite a character. he had been an army brat, kind of grew up living in different parts of europe. family was originally from right outside harrisburg, pennsylvania, a working class area that was republican. and he ended up in georgia. he went to emory, he married a high school math teacher x -- and he then went to tulane where he got a ph.d. in history and studied colonialism, colonial policy. and then he moved to his first job, just as we did, to west georgia college, and he never...
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. >> house speaker gingrich made the comments in and he posted on his website at gingrich 360.com if you want to look at it over there and the op-ed is titled quit underestimating president biden. he makes rts some of this case for president joe and the biden team took an amazingly narrow 4 majon the u.s. house, a 55th time in the senate and turnedit into trilof dollars in spending and a series of radical bills . waged war in ukraine with no american troops, fight terrible problems with onomy, crime and the border which led many to sume the gop would make big gains in december. biden executed a strategy polarizing americans against t donald trump supporters. best first term off year elections in history. they were not repudiated, th not have to pay for their terrible mismanagement of the economy . house speaker gingrit on to say it republicans work through the next two years in presidency in 2024 , we need to look much morey at what works, what does not work in 2020 and 2022 so those are some of the comments from the speaker gingrich . underestimating joe biden and the biden administ
. >> house speaker gingrich made the comments in and he posted on his website at gingrich 360.com if you want to look at it over there and the op-ed is titled quit underestimating president biden. he makes rts some of this case for president joe and the biden team took an amazingly narrow 4 majon the u.s. house, a 55th time in the senate and turnedit into trilof dollars in spending and a series of radical bills . waged war in ukraine with no american troops, fight terrible problems with...
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gingrich understood what storytelling was about. lee atwater was a fan of professional wrestling and pop politics should be run accordingly. >> guest: >> host: absolutely. backing up, jim wright looms large in this and for people who don't follow the story, the late '80s there was a health speaker who was a texan democrat. tell us about jim wright and how he came into the story. >> host: >> guest: he is born in 1922, newt gingrich, 1933, said the soldier. subscribe to the new deal and pretty much on board with the great society. he did have spotty moments on civil rights issues against the civil rights act of 1964 because he believes it's going to cost him his seat. later apologetic about this. but by the 70s and 80s, he's pretty liberal on foreign policy, but he accepts most of what they put together. so it's hard to imagine a democrats like that. but that is who he was. and he very much salt ready i sl ronald reagan is a danger. he thought reagan was right-wing taking steps that were dangerous to the fabric of the country. and ove
gingrich understood what storytelling was about. lee atwater was a fan of professional wrestling and pop politics should be run accordingly. >> guest: >> host: absolutely. backing up, jim wright looms large in this and for people who don't follow the story, the late '80s there was a health speaker who was a texan democrat. tell us about jim wright and how he came into the story. >> host: >> guest: he is born in 1922, newt gingrich, 1933, said the soldier. subscribe to...
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this book a new gingrich i enjoyed the book, it's an easy read. you learn a lot not just about new but the history i think we tend to forget memories are short. we still have a saying the public courtroom if there were five cabinet with four drawers the second drawer our needs good ideas. >> i think that was running jo joke. >> it was but he was the guy. so much of what he introduced to the public was a part of the organization lack of corruption and part of the ideas. >> part of the -- was gingrich a part of that? >> it was very much pretrade as regular principles. in many ways the contract was a referendum on ronald reagan which was bill clinton. everybody was confident in that context today, the media portrays the media be in one way but you offer nuance of being how he got into politics, to replace the people who are in power, tell us about his first race. he was a conservative, but he wasn't really, although he wrote in 19741 of the first articles advocating and challenging in the primaries. there is visionary of the time because nobody thoug
this book a new gingrich i enjoyed the book, it's an easy read. you learn a lot not just about new but the history i think we tend to forget memories are short. we still have a saying the public courtroom if there were five cabinet with four drawers the second drawer our needs good ideas. >> i think that was running jo joke. >> it was but he was the guy. so much of what he introduced to the public was a part of the organization lack of corruption and part of the ideas. >> part...
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newt gingrich is blamed by many in his own party and he's gone. so for years after the contract with america, it's all over in that sense. and he is sitting in his home district and bill clinton is in the white house and newt gingrich says to somebody i quote in the book is quoted as saying so bill clinton broke the law and purged himself and he's in washington in the white house and i'm down here, what happened that's what happened. >> six it startit starts to dis. george w. bush is very, very much an established candidate. he's been the governor of texas getting together to sort of annoying him to go forward and in those harsh terms compassionate conservatism so they are starting to resemble what was recognizable for decades. >> more than that it's kind of an updated version of this. he walked the walk better and talked the talk better. conservatives believed he was one of them. and he was an evangelical, not an episcopal evangelical christian. he came from texas. he really was from texas, not greenwich connecticut. all those things kind of spok
newt gingrich is blamed by many in his own party and he's gone. so for years after the contract with america, it's all over in that sense. and he is sitting in his home district and bill clinton is in the white house and newt gingrich says to somebody i quote in the book is quoted as saying so bill clinton broke the law and purged himself and he's in washington in the white house and i'm down here, what happened that's what happened. >> six it startit starts to dis. george w. bush is...
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. >> very much so, i interviewed knew greek georgnewt gingrich, g in the. of the book tells us the 40 year period of the conservative revolution from ronald reagan in 1979 when he starts to run for president to donald trump's arrival of where we are today and newt gingrich has a lot of insight of the hole. one of the things he said to me is that donald trump is not a conservative, he's an anti-liberal, he takes a lot of liberals speaking is nonsense but he does have a philosophy or read the national review which is the bible of modern-day conservatism, he's in instinct player, it is about him and that's all fine with his supporters, that is one of the things that we learned in 2016 you don't have to be a traditional conservative, you don't have to have an ideology, which are against at this point in our political history isn't as important as what you're for. >> one thing that makes it's really different from so many other political books is there is also an autobiographical thread that goes through, even the title you should have seen it coming as a first-
. >> very much so, i interviewed knew greek georgnewt gingrich, g in the. of the book tells us the 40 year period of the conservative revolution from ronald reagan in 1979 when he starts to run for president to donald trump's arrival of where we are today and newt gingrich has a lot of insight of the hole. one of the things he said to me is that donald trump is not a conservative, he's an anti-liberal, he takes a lot of liberals speaking is nonsense but he does have a philosophy or read...
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they got gingrich on it. he ended up paying the fine and into the pain, of course he had lawyers these in every thing else but that was only thing they ever got them on. >> host: and he stayed in, but i mean, he was clearly the point manages taking a lot of hits for all of this. how difficult was it to get other members to go a long going after wright first? >> guest: at first nobody was here they are all too scared of wright. not only are you in a minority but speaker of the house is known to be vindictive individual. but as he gains momentum over the weeks and months, more facts come out, more facts are leaked out, political enemies down in texas are releasing material, or leaked material, you know, like everything in washington, everybody is account until the end and then they stand on top of the mountain to plant the flag. >> host: gingrich, bush comes in and raises, time to raise taxes. >> guest: his signature issue in 1988 was read my lips, no new taxes. he is violating his own pledge. >> host: he did n
they got gingrich on it. he ended up paying the fine and into the pain, of course he had lawyers these in every thing else but that was only thing they ever got them on. >> host: and he stayed in, but i mean, he was clearly the point manages taking a lot of hits for all of this. how difficult was it to get other members to go a long going after wright first? >> guest: at first nobody was here they are all too scared of wright. not only are you in a minority but speaker of the house...
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gingrich blows all that up. so how does gingrich and the people around them really impact the relationship the reagan and o'neill had in both and fiction? >> there's a lot of fiction to that. o'neill really didn't like reagan was doing to the country and thought he was much too far to the right in terms of economic policy and social policy. but it was true that i think leaders in both parties, the bob michaels, tip o'neill, they balance the partisanship with the needs of governance and they were always making this trade-off, and that help them understand when are you going too far. they didn't want to go so far that they start to destroy the institutions and the procedures and the relationships that were simply necessary to govern. gingrich said through all that out the window. he would write memos to other republicans say enough with bipartisanship, enough with civility. all let me just will keep losing a democrats will keep touting their power. he writes bob michael you to teach republicans he says to be more
gingrich blows all that up. so how does gingrich and the people around them really impact the relationship the reagan and o'neill had in both and fiction? >> there's a lot of fiction to that. o'neill really didn't like reagan was doing to the country and thought he was much too far to the right in terms of economic policy and social policy. but it was true that i think leaders in both parties, the bob michaels, tip o'neill, they balance the partisanship with the needs of governance and...
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to the new gingrich 200. bombing the airwaves with the ads and the campaign spent more on the negative ads than john mccain did during his entire presidential run be made in the wasserman schultz saying he was successful lobbying his way to victory but passing every contest it becomes weaker with the general elections claims and independent voters should he make it that far. that is because he's made it clear he will say anything to take any position on any given day and before any given audience and will distort any fact that his or her opponent's record to win. that is the former congresswoman and the chair of the democratic national committee. mitt romney shilling for a 47% and new gingrich, 32 and trailing far behind, rick santorum and ron paul and it's on to the nevada caucuses. we will be learning more about them and the candidate strategies might be and that state for the saturday context. next is a call from st. louis. this is donna who supports governor mitt romney. go ahead. >> i have to point. firs
to the new gingrich 200. bombing the airwaves with the ads and the campaign spent more on the negative ads than john mccain did during his entire presidential run be made in the wasserman schultz saying he was successful lobbying his way to victory but passing every contest it becomes weaker with the general elections claims and independent voters should he make it that far. that is because he's made it clear he will say anything to take any position on any given day and before any given...
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in the newt gingrich. and this is certainly racial overly to the spring they cannot see barack obama as an entire legitimate person. basically leaves the congressional leadership set out to more than anything else, just make sure that the bronco form of a messiah president . ticket so first the president doing what they always do, they nominate the next guy in line, nick romney. traditional republicans and so any ways. and he also does a little bit of sort of tickling the immigration issue. somebody taught that he would win in there when he loses, the republican party is now known as the autopsy and they have to become a more forward thinking inclusive party. got up bringing the hispanics. and donald trump is sitting there-trump tower, six days after the election. filling out the paperwork to trademark the phrase, make america great again. very backwards looking. really looking back at white america essentially. what is he saying that they are not saying. gerald: say have to remember that in the meantime a
in the newt gingrich. and this is certainly racial overly to the spring they cannot see barack obama as an entire legitimate person. basically leaves the congressional leadership set out to more than anything else, just make sure that the bronco form of a messiah president . ticket so first the president doing what they always do, they nominate the next guy in line, nick romney. traditional republicans and so any ways. and he also does a little bit of sort of tickling the immigration issue....
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>> same, newt gingrich. >> okay. >> newt gingrich. romney, i read a few things, and he's not really firm. >> okay. and newt, does he come close to your point of view? >> yes. yes, he really does. >> and say i saw sort of tina and chuck in the opposite polls, and they both say it's newt. [laughter] so, you know, tell me what's going on. >> the family, yes, i mean, yes. certain numbers of them have to stay. >> okay. >> and as a nation, we can't export everybody, but illegal is illegal, and i would love to elaborate on what it's done to our end of the economy. you know, you don't think people would pick blueberries 1234 well, at the right price, there's pickers, but if they do it for $5 an hour, that will never pay the $20 they need to raise a family at the lower level, and that's what happened to the economy. they are doing jobs for $20 an hour that should be paid $50 to just survive, and as long as they are doing them for that -- i'm elaborating, but -- [laughter] >> okay. i just have to share your air time. [laughter] okay. >> not the
>> same, newt gingrich. >> okay. >> newt gingrich. romney, i read a few things, and he's not really firm. >> okay. and newt, does he come close to your point of view? >> yes. yes, he really does. >> and say i saw sort of tina and chuck in the opposite polls, and they both say it's newt. [laughter] so, you know, tell me what's going on. >> the family, yes, i mean, yes. certain numbers of them have to stay. >> okay. >> and as a nation, we...
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but with gingrich he had the same problem. so to some extent it was a difficult situation for anyone. would have been difficult no matter who the speaker was. but there was another more personal aspect, which is that gingrich was the kind of speaker who believed in being the general, the leader of the troops and the folks would follow, and the things i mentioned earlier about the importance of listening and understanding where members are coming from, not necessarily gingrich's strong suit, and so because of that, i think it exacerbated tensions in the party and led some republicans to question his ability to lead past the first couple of years of his speakership. and so those elements of his personality made it -- contributed to a relatively short nature of his tenure. had be been a different kind of leader or acted differently after the first two years, then possibly we might have seen gingrich last longer at speaker than we did. >> host: john boehner recently said after the government shutdown that he didn't really want to
but with gingrich he had the same problem. so to some extent it was a difficult situation for anyone. would have been difficult no matter who the speaker was. but there was another more personal aspect, which is that gingrich was the kind of speaker who believed in being the general, the leader of the troops and the folks would follow, and the things i mentioned earlier about the importance of listening and understanding where members are coming from, not necessarily gingrich's strong suit, and...
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>> i know that newt gingrich is a somewhat controversial figure. it's an amazing story he gets there on his third try is a history professor at west georgia college gets elected on his third try in 1978 and when he gets to washington the republican party and the house had been the minority party at the time for a quarter-century and it's not even close they needed a gain of 23 seeds it was totally within reach we all knew for the last two years whether they got there or not. the republicans of the 1970s and 1980s the idea of them being a majority part the majore house someday seemed completely unfathomable. they were 100 seats in the minority and gingrich came to the party in january of 79 &-and-sign going to beat you to the minority and they thought he was nuts. they sensed that the country had reelected richard nixon and 49 states, 61% of the vote he said the country that's capable of giving 61%, giving george mcgovern no states except massachusetts if it is given the same choice between a republican i could richard nixon in the silent majority i
>> i know that newt gingrich is a somewhat controversial figure. it's an amazing story he gets there on his third try is a history professor at west georgia college gets elected on his third try in 1978 and when he gets to washington the republican party and the house had been the minority party at the time for a quarter-century and it's not even close they needed a gain of 23 seeds it was totally within reach we all knew for the last two years whether they got there or not. the...
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and you have an interesting treatment of newt gingrich in this one. >> newt gingrich is so interesting, he is kind of on both sides of the story. he is someone who is deeply interested in language, you might have seen a memo from the go pack his political action committee. that really focused on language of a weapon. -- as a weapon to find the most delightful words to attach to your friends and most disgusting words to attach to your enemies. he brings in in the revolution in 141994, but he finds himself out flanked. the true believers come into office in 1994 election, they see newt gingrich as someonee, too willing to compromise and work with bill clintonning during the government shut down, innovation and congressional brinksmanship. when newt gingrich decided we're not winning this we have to reopen the government, true believers come forwarder and say why would you reopen the government? he is underta attack. trying to unseat gingrich as speaker of the house, a preview of what happened with john boehner and the obama years, that is playing out in the same way just that was further
and you have an interesting treatment of newt gingrich in this one. >> newt gingrich is so interesting, he is kind of on both sides of the story. he is someone who is deeply interested in language, you might have seen a memo from the go pack his political action committee. that really focused on language of a weapon. -- as a weapon to find the most delightful words to attach to your friends and most disgusting words to attach to your enemies. he brings in in the revolution in 141994, but...
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speaker gingrich, welcome back to "washington post live." mr. gingrich: good to be with you. have you back. a few years ago, we weren't talking about georgia as a battleground, the state you represented in congress for years, now it is a battleground. are you worried about president trump's chances in that state? mr. gingrich: i'm not worried about it. i think you will carry the state. but it certainly more of a fight that would have been a few years ago and i think you have to give stacey abrams and other some credit for how much they have gone out and organized and have gotten people registered, which is what america should be all about. in the end, president trump will carry georgia and i suspect in have both u.s. senate seats. but it is more of a fight that would have been 12 years ago. have those suburbs around atlanta changed over the last 20 years? mr. gingrich: i think they are more diverse ethnically. i think they are probably more moderate on social part -- social policy than they would have been. i think the democrats have been very effective in organizing and subu
speaker gingrich, welcome back to "washington post live." mr. gingrich: good to be with you. have you back. a few years ago, we weren't talking about georgia as a battleground, the state you represented in congress for years, now it is a battleground. are you worried about president trump's chances in that state? mr. gingrich: i'm not worried about it. i think you will carry the state. but it certainly more of a fight that would have been a few years ago and i think you have to give...
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gingrich was the dominant force in town. one of the anecdote they say in the book during this period with leadership surveys and focus groups that with the wall street journal we have these line drawings and if you but gingrich in a headline and embed him in the story the readership immediately shot up. he was that fascinating and mesmerizing. people hated him were fascinated by him. he had all the power at his disposal. to some extent he was co-opted by clinton and squandered it to overdo it essentially. host: he overreaches with two back-to-back government shutdowns at the government one - - republicans got all the blame for. the polling suggested the impeachment of clinton was a big overreach by august of 98 people wanted clinton to be centered to get back to governing. >> overreaches the right word. that's exactly what happened. in a way clinton let him overreach to save you want to shut down the government he will take the blame for it and it happened twice. the republicans got blamed i'm sure clinton did not want to be
gingrich was the dominant force in town. one of the anecdote they say in the book during this period with leadership surveys and focus groups that with the wall street journal we have these line drawings and if you but gingrich in a headline and embed him in the story the readership immediately shot up. he was that fascinating and mesmerizing. people hated him were fascinated by him. he had all the power at his disposal. to some extent he was co-opted by clinton and squandered it to overdo it...
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okay so what happens to newt gingrich? explain. >> so with the 1980s the republicans saw him as an irritant and did not take him seriously. when he came to the house the permanent democratic congress with the majority at that point a generation they were not even close. with a net gain of 23 seats in the house maybe they will get there maybe they won't but that what was doable for reelection every six he would run as a republican nominee that the republican world that existed back then. even the democratic party had them sharing a party with barney frank. so the idea to nationalize politics with a 49 state when if you do it nationally you can do it locally but nixon crushed mcgovern make every democrat running at every level george mcgovern and make people see that make them part of the liberalism with the conservative opportunity party society versus liberal welfare state and part of that in the house of representatives every day every issue driving home era irreconcilable differences between the political parties and one
okay so what happens to newt gingrich? explain. >> so with the 1980s the republicans saw him as an irritant and did not take him seriously. when he came to the house the permanent democratic congress with the majority at that point a generation they were not even close. with a net gain of 23 seats in the house maybe they will get there maybe they won't but that what was doable for reelection every six he would run as a republican nominee that the republican world that existed back then....
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so gingrich understood them better than i did. i thought they would have a much better sense of fairness and balance. he was right there. >> host: lots to work there >> guest: i think he summarized that very quickly. president clinton went to iowa and said he'd always opposed the war in iraq. it wasn't true. it his wife voted for the war in iraq. he was for it at the time but he was the greatest ability to rewrite his own life of anybody i've ever seen. what i said was very narrow. did i know men who lied about affairs but not under oath in front of a federal judge committing perjury and that's the great mistake of the starr report. if it was a report that said perjury was committed, perjury was a felony. what the congress has to decide does personal popularity allow politicians to commit perjury? if they do, then, a, don't do anything about president clinton having committed perjury and, b, understand you just set a standard by which popular politicians will routinely break the law. and you've started down the road towards venezu
so gingrich understood them better than i did. i thought they would have a much better sense of fairness and balance. he was right there. >> host: lots to work there >> guest: i think he summarized that very quickly. president clinton went to iowa and said he'd always opposed the war in iraq. it wasn't true. it his wife voted for the war in iraq. he was for it at the time but he was the greatest ability to rewrite his own life of anybody i've ever seen. what i said was very narrow....
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no necessarily gingrich's strong suit. because of that i think it exacerbated the tensions in the party and led some republicans to question his ability to lead past the first couple of years of his speakership. and so those elements of his personality, i think, made it -- contributed to the relatively short nature of his tenure. had he been a different kind of leader or acted differently after the first two years, then possibly we might have seen gingrich last longer as speaker. >> host: john boehner reaply said after the government shutdown that he didn't really want to do it but he saw where his members were going. >> guest: right. and this is an example of the difficulty that boehner himself -- personally is in with a lot of members who are strong opinions, strong views and at that time really believed this was their one source of leverage to try to get the policy outcomes they wanted from president obama, was to use the instruments at their dispostal, like the debt limit and budget more generally. the danger is -- so
no necessarily gingrich's strong suit. because of that i think it exacerbated the tensions in the party and led some republicans to question his ability to lead past the first couple of years of his speakership. and so those elements of his personality, i think, made it -- contributed to the relatively short nature of his tenure. had he been a different kind of leader or acted differently after the first two years, then possibly we might have seen gingrich last longer as speaker. >> host:...
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so you gingrich sees real opportunity in working with clinton. that is for close by the impeachment and have a lot of republicans or conservatives including laura ingram who's like everyone's talking about impeachment. this is not a great idea, in part because what clinton was going to be impeached over wasn't that big of a deal. and so there is this this battle over whether impeachment is going to happen and that gingrich is reluctant get into. he is probably also reluctant because his own marital record was not, you know, as clear as it could be. right. so so anyway, if he gets dragged into it, but then when he decides to do it, he does it. so there's a very sort of it really does tap into desire for a political fight. and he goes all in when when finally gets underway. so i want to open it up to the audience. so i just want to jump ahead, by the way, on your media treatment. i think i see a of the mclaughlin group in the audience at its peak. hello. at its peak, it had 4.4 million viewers. yeah, it's so much bigger than just about anyone else.
so you gingrich sees real opportunity in working with clinton. that is for close by the impeachment and have a lot of republicans or conservatives including laura ingram who's like everyone's talking about impeachment. this is not a great idea, in part because what clinton was going to be impeached over wasn't that big of a deal. and so there is this this battle over whether impeachment is going to happen and that gingrich is reluctant get into. he is probably also reluctant because his own...
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in fact, gingrich is reluctant to get into. he's probably also elected because it owned marital record was not as clear as it could be. he gets dragged into it but when he decides to do it, he doesn't. so there is a very sort it really does tap into his desire for political fight and he goes all in when impeachment finally gets underway. >> i want to open it up to the audience. i just want to jump ahead, by the way on your media treatment i think i see a veteran of the mclaughlin group in the audience at its peak, hello. at its peak it at 4.4 million viewers. >> yeah, it's so much bigger than just about anyone else. >> anyway, it's an interesting treatment of that. so let's go from clinton to w whom you see as the last reaganite in a way. there's a lot of signing as they are. he was willing to, he tried to sell compassionate conservatism for a while before the war came along. and by the end he was hated on the right by many parts of the right as he was by, not the entire right but significant part of the right as he was by the
in fact, gingrich is reluctant to get into. he's probably also elected because it owned marital record was not as clear as it could be. he gets dragged into it but when he decides to do it, he doesn't. so there is a very sort it really does tap into his desire for political fight and he goes all in when impeachment finally gets underway. >> i want to open it up to the audience. i just want to jump ahead, by the way on your media treatment i think i see a veteran of the mclaughlin group in...
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newt gingrich? .. >> good evening everyone. my name is gerard and i along with my colleagues are here to lend our support for representative dr. paul. dr. paul term in the united states congress he never voted to raise taxes. he's always supported second amendment rights and never voted for increase in congressional salary. he never voted for bailouts nor did he vote for obamacare. representative paul has consistently favored the protection of our currency of the united states by opposing the intersection of the federal reserve, which is hurting the value of our dollar through its artificial manipulation of the money supply and the interest rates will bring our economy into a false sense of security. ron paul is a man who's always opposed to field keynesian economic philosophy and dedicated capitalist free-market economics outlined by the austrian school long ago. representative paul has and was devoted to protect us from the government interfering in the lives of private citizens such as internet r
newt gingrich? .. >> good evening everyone. my name is gerard and i along with my colleagues are here to lend our support for representative dr. paul. dr. paul term in the united states congress he never voted to raise taxes. he's always supported second amendment rights and never voted for increase in congressional salary. he never voted for bailouts nor did he vote for obamacare. representative paul has consistently favored the protection of our currency of the united states by opposing...
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newt gingrich in the early years, the first 100 days, turned the house into a real machine just producing major, major legislation under his leadership, relatively swiftly, which was very impressive. nancy pelosi, the enagentment of health care legislation, a huge feat, a last minute outcome. >> host: what is the speaker's normal interaction with the senate? >> guest: with the senate? i don't say it's a normal relationship, but varies by who the speaker is, which party is in control of the house and which is control of the senate, and varies on the personalities of the speakers and senate leadership. there's app expectation that speakers need an open line of communication with the senate because you can't get legislation enagented without the senate's approval, and so to that respect, there's some communication or relationship, but the degree of closeness that there is between the speaker and the senate andth senate leaders, it's going to vary tremendously by who the individual speaker is and the leader is dependent on. >> host: who are the least effective speakers? >> guest: ha-ha, least
newt gingrich in the early years, the first 100 days, turned the house into a real machine just producing major, major legislation under his leadership, relatively swiftly, which was very impressive. nancy pelosi, the enagentment of health care legislation, a huge feat, a last minute outcome. >> host: what is the speaker's normal interaction with the senate? >> guest: with the senate? i don't say it's a normal relationship, but varies by who the speaker is, which party is in control...
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history and when gingrich decides, okay, we're not winning this, we've got to reopen the government, the true believers come forward, no, why would you open up the government, we shut it down. so he's constantly under attack and constantly trying to unseat gingrich as speaker of the house sort of in a preview what would happen constantly with john boehner in the obama years. all of that is playing out in much the same way, it's just that that would be further to the right in the 20 teens. >> the clinton impeachment gets an important treatment in your book, partly as a kind of new method of this new post reagan right. i didn't know, for example, the role that george conway played. the index of this book is very valuable for people to go through. where are they now. but talk about how-- and gingrich was reluctant initially to go for the clinton impeachment even though they got associated with it later. >> gingrich didn't want to be part of the ichl impeachment at first because he was making a lot of headway with bill clinton. they're starting off after the '96 election, they're sitting
history and when gingrich decides, okay, we're not winning this, we've got to reopen the government, the true believers come forward, no, why would you open up the government, we shut it down. so he's constantly under attack and constantly trying to unseat gingrich as speaker of the house sort of in a preview what would happen constantly with john boehner in the obama years. all of that is playing out in much the same way, it's just that that would be further to the right in the 20 teens....
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why don't you talk about him. >> gingrich was so interesting. he is kind of on both sides of the story. he is someone who is deeply interested in language. you might have seen a memo which was his political action committee and the republican party political action committee that really focused on language as a weapon. trying to find the most delightful words to attach ines the most disgusting words to attach to your enemies. very interested in rhetoric. and entraining up a more conservative set of republicans. he brings in american revolution in 1994. but he also very quickly finds himself outflanked by far more radical conservatives and he is. there's a group called the true believers who come into office and that 94 election who seek gingrich as somebody who is too willing to compromise.nt to willing to work with bill clinton. severance during the government shutdown which again innovation andhu congressional brinksmanshp at the time it was the longest government shutdown in u.s. history. and when gingrich says okay or not winning this and go
why don't you talk about him. >> gingrich was so interesting. he is kind of on both sides of the story. he is someone who is deeply interested in language. you might have seen a memo which was his political action committee and the republican party political action committee that really focused on language as a weapon. trying to find the most delightful words to attach ines the most disgusting words to attach to your enemies. very interested in rhetoric. and entraining up a more...
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i interviewed gingrich a couple of times. he is fascinating and has a lot of insight into the period. it tells the story of a 40 year period of the revolution from ronald reagan in 1979 when he starts to run for president to the arrival than where we are today. newt gingrich has a lot in that whole period. one of the things he said to me though is donald trump is not a conservative. he is an anti-liberal and thanks a lot is nonsense but he doesn't have the philosophy to read the review which is kind of the bible of modern-day conservatism. he is an interesting player and that is all fine with his supporters and one of the things we learned in 2016 you don't have to be traditional or even-ideology. what you are up against at this point is as important as what you are for. >> one thing that makes this different from so many other political books is that there is also an autobiographical threat that goes through it and even the title, you should have seen it coming, first person. but how did you come up with the title and what w
i interviewed gingrich a couple of times. he is fascinating and has a lot of insight into the period. it tells the story of a 40 year period of the revolution from ronald reagan in 1979 when he starts to run for president to the arrival than where we are today. newt gingrich has a lot in that whole period. one of the things he said to me though is donald trump is not a conservative. he is an anti-liberal and thanks a lot is nonsense but he doesn't have the philosophy to read the review which is...
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but thank gingrich went after him. but then starts that drumbeat after. >> and they all despise him for that. because he is not getting along to go along. and to upset everybody. they want to embarrass him. so report with the media coverage. >> in the debate the command of the subjects. so from the time he was talking as a kid. and wed 10 years old. but he has a gift for speech in talking every day. several glasses a day. >> so he took that gift to reach a wider audience. this was when cable television was prominent but not cabled news. but "i love lucy." there is no talk radio to speak of. so he quickly realized of potency of special orders every afternoon to give a five minute speech that it would be carried over cable in to 100,000 homes around the country. former congressman dick armey would say would you go give a speech to 100,000 people? he said of course, and that is what you were doing with c-span with special orders. so quickly that is a cult leader getting 700 letters a week. to a the backbench of the junior
but thank gingrich went after him. but then starts that drumbeat after. >> and they all despise him for that. because he is not getting along to go along. and to upset everybody. they want to embarrass him. so report with the media coverage. >> in the debate the command of the subjects. so from the time he was talking as a kid. and wed 10 years old. but he has a gift for speech in talking every day. several glasses a day. >> so he took that gift to reach a wider audience. this...
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ask the other person that needs to be there's a lot of people need to be mentioned but newt gingrich. >> he began as a republican way back when. you had an interesting treatment of gingrich and this one talk about him. >> he was so interesting he's kind of on both sides of the story.in he is someone who is deeply interested in language. you might have seenic a memo whh is a political action can make the republican party action committee that focused on language as a weapon. trying to find the most delightful words to attach to your friends of the most disgusting words to attach to your enemies for his very interesting rhetoric. it's training up a more conservatives of republicans tt bring into the republican revolution in 1994. he also very quickly finds himself outflanked. by far more radical conservatives and he is. true believers come into the office in the 94 election who seek gingrich as somebody who is too willing to compromise. to willing to work with bill clinton. so for instance during the government shutdown which again innovation and congressional brinksmanship at the time
ask the other person that needs to be there's a lot of people need to be mentioned but newt gingrich. >> he began as a republican way back when. you had an interesting treatment of gingrich and this one talk about him. >> he was so interesting he's kind of on both sides of the story.in he is someone who is deeply interested in language. you might have seenic a memo whh is a political action can make the republican party action committee that focused on language as a weapon. trying...
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. >> gingrich is so interesting because he's on both sides of the story. he's deeply interested in language. you might have seen aic memo frm his political action committee here the republican party that focused on language as a weapon and trying to find the most delightful words to attach. they bring into the republican revolution in 1994 but also he very quickly finds himself outflanked by far more radical conservatives. they would come into office and that 94 election who seems too towilling to compromise and work with bill clinton. during the government shutdown which innovation and congressional, at the time of thelongest government shutdown n u.s. history and when gingrich the true l believers come forwad and they are like no, why would you be open to government, we shut itr down. john and the obama years all of that is playing out in much the same way. the clinton impeachment gets important treatment in your book as a new method in this post reagan right. for example, the role that georgef conway played. talk about how gingrich was very reluctant in
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historian craig shirley discusses the life and political career of newt gingrich. interviewed by former virginia congressman tom davis. >>> thanks for joining us. again i'm the former congressman tocongressmantom davis. the book is citizen newt by craig shirley who did a reagan biography and this book on newt gingrich is as good as i've seen. it is an easy read. memories are shor short short i. >> you talk about all of his ideas and filling baskets full. we used to have a saying that there were a file cabinet with four drawers. he was the idea guy. so much of what he introduced to the party was like corruption but just now in the republican party and also permanent offense which haven't been a permanent fixture of the republican party before that. those are just tactical things that they introduced obviously the ideas. >> you are part of the the revolution and u.s. written widely on that. was this an extension on that? >> as you remember it was very much portrayed as the ronald reagan principles. everybody was confident in that context that there were results to pr
historian craig shirley discusses the life and political career of newt gingrich. interviewed by former virginia congressman tom davis. >>> thanks for joining us. again i'm the former congressman tocongressmantom davis. the book is citizen newt by craig shirley who did a reagan biography and this book on newt gingrich is as good as i've seen. it is an easy read. memories are shor short short i. >> you talk about all of his ideas and filling baskets full. we used to have a saying...
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some of newt gingrich's early success. and paul weyrich also led the assault on sheila burke, when it was feared that as a former democrat, a nurse, and a person of moderate leanings, was feared that she would push bob dole into a compromise on health care reform with president clinton. and weyrich is again proud that he's the first person to say out loud that sheila burke cannot be trusted. and in fact, the right wing almost... they tried to get her fired. bob dole resisted. and then, scott reed, who's now bob dole's campaign manager, at one point made a move on sheila as well, but she seems to be pretty well entrenched. and i suspect if dole does win the presidency, we would see sheila burke emerge as a possible secretary of health and human services. >> yeah, it's interesting you would mention weyrich, because he's... he's important as one of those characters in washington that few people know and you seldom hear abt m,ltugh he does appear on op-ed pages, and hdoes show up from time to time. but you don't really connect
some of newt gingrich's early success. and paul weyrich also led the assault on sheila burke, when it was feared that as a former democrat, a nurse, and a person of moderate leanings, was feared that she would push bob dole into a compromise on health care reform with president clinton. and weyrich is again proud that he's the first person to say out loud that sheila burke cannot be trusted. and in fact, the right wing almost... they tried to get her fired. bob dole resisted. and then, scott...
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gingrich thinks about the cia. i would like to know if you read legacy of ashes the recent national book award winner and one more thing i would like to say, i'm an agnostic and don't have a problem with government officials speaking about god or the creator or the supme being. i would be happy if presidents went to a different church synagogue or even a mosque every weekend, if they went to a different one. it is when it gets into being as specific form or an individual form of christianity that makes me very uncomfortable and thank you for taking my answer of the air. >> guest: that is, your question is a good one. the founding fathers wanted freedom of religion. president washington wrote a veryouching letter a synagogue in ryland emphasizing that jews are explicitly included and freedom of religion. jefferson's famous letter describing the wall of separation between church and state was to the danbury connecticut baptists and he was promising them he is opposed to the government imposing any particular church.
gingrich thinks about the cia. i would like to know if you read legacy of ashes the recent national book award winner and one more thing i would like to say, i'm an agnostic and don't have a problem with government officials speaking about god or the creator or the supme being. i would be happy if presidents went to a different church synagogue or even a mosque every weekend, if they went to a different one. it is when it gets into being as specific form or an individual form of christianity...
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>> gingrich is so interesting because he's kind of on both sides of the story. he is somebody who is deeply interested in language, you might have seen a memo from his political action committee or the republican party's political action committee that focused on language as a weapon, trying to find the most delightful words to attach to your friends and the most disgusting words to attach to your enemies, that rhetoric and training up a more conservative set of republicans to bring the republican revolution in 1994 but he also quickly finds himself outflanked by those more radical than he is, a group called the true believers who see gingrich is too willing to compromise, too willing to work with bill clinton. during the government shutdown, and innovation in congressional brinksmanship, the longest government shutdown in us history and when gingrich decides we are not winning this, the true believers come forward, why would you reopen government, we shut it down, he is constantly under attack, trying to unseat gingrich as speaker of the house in a preview to w
>> gingrich is so interesting because he's kind of on both sides of the story. he is somebody who is deeply interested in language, you might have seen a memo from his political action committee or the republican party's political action committee that focused on language as a weapon, trying to find the most delightful words to attach to your friends and the most disgusting words to attach to your enemies, that rhetoric and training up a more conservative set of republicans to bring the...
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. >> the other person that needs to be mentioned, newt gingrich. he is a complicated figure anin all this, began as a rockefeller republican way back when. and you have a really interesting treatment of gingrich in thisone. you talk about him . >> enriches so interesting because he is kind of on both sides of the story. he's somebody who is deeply interested in language . you might have seen a memo from both which was his political action committee or the republican party's political action committee that focused on language as a weapon and trying to find like the most delightful words to attach to your friends and the most disgusting words to attach to your enemies. it's very interesting and in training up a more pugilistic and more conservative set of republicans that he brings in in the republican revolution in 1994 . but he also very quickly finds himself outflanked by far more radical conservatives than he is. there's a group called the true believers who come into office in the 94 election who see gingrich as somebody who's too willing to com
. >> the other person that needs to be mentioned, newt gingrich. he is a complicated figure anin all this, began as a rockefeller republican way back when. and you have a really interesting treatment of gingrich in thisone. you talk about him . >> enriches so interesting because he is kind of on both sides of the story. he's somebody who is deeply interested in language . you might have seen a memo from both which was his political action committee or the republican party's...
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. >> a lot of people need to be mentioned that new one —- newt gingrich is a complicated figure and you have an interesting treatment. >> he is so interesting because he is on both sides of the story who is deeply interested in language you may have seen a memo from his political action committee that focuses on language as a weapon to find the most delightful words in the most disgusting to attach to your enemies and the republicans he brings into the republican revolution but he also quickly finds himself outflanked by more conservatives than he is in the true believers who come into office in the 94 election who sees newt gingrich who is willing to work with bill clinton so during the government shutdown at the time it was a longest government shutdown and history and the true believers come forward and say why would you reopen the government? we shut it down so constantly under attack to see the speaker of the house all of that plays out in much the same way even further to the right. >> the clintonen impeachment gets treatment as the new method is the post- reagan right and the rol
. >> a lot of people need to be mentioned that new one —- newt gingrich is a complicated figure and you have an interesting treatment. >> he is so interesting because he is on both sides of the story who is deeply interested in language you may have seen a memo from his political action committee that focuses on language as a weapon to find the most delightful words in the most disgusting to attach to your enemies and the republicans he brings into the republican revolution but he...
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they shared the same party so gingrich believed in sorting that out. seemsgo he's been here reminds e of a book how gingrich used c-span in congress to kind of national life this message. how did he do that? >> when he comes to congress and coincides with television cameras for the first time, so cable television was just kind of becoming a thing in the late 70s it explodes in everyone's household and so part of it was brian lamb who created c-span got the cable industry as a goodwill gesture to the country to see with your cable package e you will get this channel where you get, to watch your governmt every day and you can watch all of the proceedings an and to be convinced at that time it was tip o'neill. and newt gingrich recognized the camera benefited because it hennected him to a whole new audience he could otherwise not reach as a member of congress he wasn't going to get on cbs or nbc. he wouldn't be on the front page of the times that he coul timeso and talk on the floor of the house. what he found was there was a provision in the house rules
they shared the same party so gingrich believed in sorting that out. seemsgo he's been here reminds e of a book how gingrich used c-span in congress to kind of national life this message. how did he do that? >> when he comes to congress and coincides with television cameras for the first time, so cable television was just kind of becoming a thing in the late 70s it explodes in everyone's household and so part of it was brian lamb who created c-span got the cable industry as a goodwill...
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speaker gingrich thank you for coming. [applause] to both been in washington usually it's the establishment candidate who winds over the insurgent. george herbert walker bush and bob dull george w. bush john mccain and in 2012. in 2016 donald trump emerged victorious. what changed between 2012 and 2016 when donald trump play that role and why? >> first of all and 64 goldwater won the nomination against the entire establishment and an 80 reagan won the nomination and those were in fact the precursors to trump as i think the contract of with america was in 94. a felt a little bit fortunate in that i worked with reagan as candidate while i was running for president. i think the three actually have a continuity despite the traditional establishment. a couple of things. first of all trump does a lot for the candidate and i think you have to start with that. it's a unique phenomenon. at one point he called and asked me for dies on debating and i laughed at him. i said i'm not going to give you any advice. you have a unique style
speaker gingrich thank you for coming. [applause] to both been in washington usually it's the establishment candidate who winds over the insurgent. george herbert walker bush and bob dull george w. bush john mccain and in 2012. in 2016 donald trump emerged victorious. what changed between 2012 and 2016 when donald trump play that role and why? >> first of all and 64 goldwater won the nomination against the entire establishment and an 80 reagan won the nomination and those were in fact the...
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advertising that newt gingrich did. there was never any doubt that o advertising works just got washed away by some nominee of negative ads.reciate i would watch news channel eight at 6:00 and of course a program he and we would have walked out after another after another >>eories just this garage. and with her in for ron paul and rick. as well as the pack that suppore stt romney. >> were the tone of those ads in the different than it has been in years past? are busy just not have the super packed to go after somebody else s nt quite >> gingrich never had much money. he didn't have much money. his stats and i quit last summer because he wasn't doing the work south ng in fund raising. it wasn't that he had a huge amount of money to advertise and numbers on that. he remade his camp came through feelised debates. >> sometimes taking the high road can help your campaign. we saw on the democratic side tx four years ago or eight years with john edwards refused to go negative. iowans really responded to that in an interesting
advertising that newt gingrich did. there was never any doubt that o advertising works just got washed away by some nominee of negative ads.reciate i would watch news channel eight at 6:00 and of course a program he and we would have walked out after another after another >>eories just this garage. and with her in for ron paul and rick. as well as the pack that suppore stt romney. >> were the tone of those ads in the different than it has been in years past? are busy just not have...
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please join me in recognizing calista fig h -- gingrich. [applause] we have with us tonight a special guest. if i i know if i were simply to give the typical dinner circuit gingrich the one where you list every accomplishment of the speaker's bio. i promise you we would be here all night and newt would get bored. the list of achievements in politics, his involvement in life-long learning, his expertise of national security matters, his best interest, the philanthropy endeavors. the box he's written, the list goes on and on. let's presume we are well accounted with the important milestone and the life of one gingrich. i want to focus in some part on the future. and what i hope is newt's place in it as it relates to ideas. so let me explain. it is no secret to anyone here that the party of abraham lincoln and ronald reagan, took a beating three weeks ago. republicans lost the battle for the white house as well as seats in both the house and senate. most are still stinging badly from the defeat. i know, this from firsthand experience as many s
please join me in recognizing calista fig h -- gingrich. [applause] we have with us tonight a special guest. if i i know if i were simply to give the typical dinner circuit gingrich the one where you list every accomplishment of the speaker's bio. i promise you we would be here all night and newt would get bored. the list of achievements in politics, his involvement in life-long learning, his expertise of national security matters, his best interest, the philanthropy endeavors. the box he's...
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gingrich had the same problem. it was a difficult situation for anyone. no matter who the speaker was. there was another more personal aspect with gingrich and he was the kind of speaker who believes in being the general, the leader of the troops and the things i mentioned earlier is not necessarily his strong suit. because of that i think it exacerbated the tensions that were going on in the party and for some republicans to question his leadership. those elements of his personality contributed to the relatively short nature of his tenure. if he had acted differently after the last few years and possibly we might've seen gingrich last longer than he did. >> john boehner recently talked about the government shutdown. he didn't really want to do it. >> write this as an example of the difficulty that he felt personally within with a lot of members who had opinions and strong views and at that time really believed this was their one source of leverage to try to get the policy that they wanted from president obama. the danger is, in that respect, he was doing
gingrich had the same problem. it was a difficult situation for anyone. no matter who the speaker was. there was another more personal aspect with gingrich and he was the kind of speaker who believes in being the general, the leader of the troops and the things i mentioned earlier is not necessarily his strong suit. because of that i think it exacerbated the tensions that were going on in the party and for some republicans to question his leadership. those elements of his personality...
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voter turnout in next week's election with summer and former house speaker newt gingrich. in the bipartisan policy center will look to expect the results come in on election day and foreign correspondence from the new york time cnn and economist discuss how the world views the u.s. and leadership under the trump administration. >> max, eric holder former attorney general under president obama and former house speaker newt gingrich joins "the washington post" to talk about election day and he discusses the trump administration, voter turnout and voter suppression. stir gingrich explores the presidential race in georgia and president trump's message on the economy. this is 40 minutes.e in >> good afternoon, i'm bob costa political reporter at "the washington post". welcome back to the daily show and we launched the show just yesterday so you can have up-to-the-minute news on election news every day at 1:00 p.m. eastern and today i will be joined by former house speaker newt gingrich who is a i strong supporter of president trump and in just one minute i will be joined by for
voter turnout in next week's election with summer and former house speaker newt gingrich. in the bipartisan policy center will look to expect the results come in on election day and foreign correspondence from the new york time cnn and economist discuss how the world views the u.s. and leadership under the trump administration. >> max, eric holder former attorney general under president obama and former house speaker newt gingrich joins "the washington post" to talk about...